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i 5 f \ c both fahrica
a) the ndijitry of the
-1 ft il) cloth for domes
tic use. isot only f> > but
a confidcraMe . lurplus rc
by. the dispof.l ®f'
which, lugtr and coffee, 6cc j
which hv long habits have
become in loine mealure nc *
celLries of life, are proem- |
red % And the fame nctcfli
ty continuing, we fnall add
to our independence by the
culture of many articles;
which are at prclent *niup- 1
plied by importations from !
abroad. By the efforts of
feme enterprifmg individu
als in the southern and cast.
ern parts of our date, it has
been demonstrated that the
iugar cane can be cultiva- *
trd w ith fucccis, and our ‘
climate & foil are peculiar- j
ly well calculated for pro- !
ducing both wine and oil.
Hence our independence of
foreign fjppdies will be rn- i
lured, and the American
farwier and planter, & those i
of Georgia particularly, will
Hand uetf; jhe mofi: inde- 1
pendt it human beings upon
the face of the earth Under
the reHraints of civil focic- :
<y*
Happily for this Hate she
has been as yet exempt fram
those malignant femes of
• outrage which have marked
the ptogreff of the enemy
in other parts of the Union
-—but he and his lavage al
lies to the north, have final
ly fuccceded in changing the
afpc& of affairs on our in- j
dian frontier. A large pro- j
portion of Creek Indians
are in a (fate of hostility a
gainst us. families
were murdered near the
mouth of the Glng in the
course of the lull furnmer j
by a party of Indians palling ;
from the Lakes to the Up- j
per Creeks. The principal :
chiefs of the nation, on the J
application of ti e Agent,
determined to pr.nifh the j
murderer, by putting them;
to death, and a party of:
warriors weic ordered to tx, j
ecute this determination.
This was no sooner done,
than the refer.trueut of the
friend* of the murderers
broke out in ads of open
• violence again** all thole
who had been in any way
concerted in causing the
murderers to be put to death.
Fiottl whit las Appealed
liner, it jo bowevet certain,
that the Upper creeks had
scarcely determined to rake I
p.»rt vt’th the northern 1 ndi — j
»ns io the war again!* the j
United Mates, and that the |
circumfranccs beioie men. i
lioncd only produced a pie
maturc ditclGurc of their
objedf. A conlidcrable pat - !
I) among the Creeks how- ■
ever pick*: ve their faith t 0 :
our government, amt from
them and other Lmrccs, l
have derived intelligence
I 040 ti.ue u t.r.'.e, isl th*
pb'v; and iiiivcmuits ut tt.c
holttlc pany. by the rc
of the beder'a)
Conft tutiun, nj.daie can
■ Witt out .he content ol Ccai-
? rel »•» engage to w d r u.i
--(Bt iiivadiii, i, t i.,
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such immediate dauber as
will not admit of delay.”
Heine it was fctne time as
! ter the firlt discovery «f a
hofiile intention on the
part of the Creeks, before
; I could procuie luch infor
matioa as w ould enable me j
to ad, retrained as the (date j
j i* by the ConHitutiun. j
At length on the 2srh
day of July LA, / received
a written communication
from the chief* who arc at
I the head of the friendly part
of the Nation, and imme
diately thereafter a letter
• from Col. Hawkins as A-j
grnr of /ndian Affairs, an- i
nounring that the objed of
the hofiile Indians was, in
the hrft inftanecthe dtftruc- j
tion of the friendly ones,!
arid finally, an attack upon ;
us; and in Col. Hawkins’
letter he Hated, that i should
coniider his communication I
t
as “ authentic information !
of a mediated attack *’
Thu* our lituation wts'brot*
within the provisions of tne
conllitution. In the mean
time 1 wrote to the Scoreta- j
ry of War, Hating the situ- j
ation of the Indians, and
danger to which our fron
tier was exposed, but before
my letter reached its dedi
nation, the General Gov
ernment with a promptness
and decision that evinces a
vigilance and attention to
duty which cl«im our warm- |
cH approbation, tad anti
cipated our and I
received from the Secretary
ot War a letter authorifing
the use of i 500 miliiia from
this Hate against the hofiile
Creeks. A general order
was immediately issued for
preparing the troops, and
they were loon after march
ed to their late rendezvous
on the Ocmulgee river,
Circumstances which I dee- j
rned important, induced me'
to enlarge the number to a
; full Brigade, the command
of which, according to cs
teblilhed cultom and miii- !
tary utage, was tendered to
General John Stewart as the
lenior Biigadier, who from !
dome Hie considerations dc- i
dined ; and Brigadier Gen- !
cral John Floyd was then
caliea upon as the next in;
fenioiity, who accepted and !
is now in command, and |
with the detachment : And
I have the fatisfa&ion of|
knowing, that the measures
1 have purlucd, and the
j plan of organization I have
j adopted, have been appro
| ved by the PrelHent.
The feoilility of the Creeks
j being unexpeded by the
i Government, they were ia
: n0 Hate ot preparation in j
I tbi* q urtcr, for the etjuip
j ment and tupply of f U ch a
• body of troops, tvh.cli laid
j ,ne tinder tl ie necefiity ot
; providing' for then, until!
j rhe U n i> d States couid have
iti tic t. > Ijo to. For fhis pur
, pJte 1 auvanced f.om rile :
| Hite t.ind appr.{ r uuted lor
| military ditbuifemeiits, the
jtnni' Dt'a 11 iiy iat uie C >n
i < ract./r 0 < 1 i ia.
| Ucpaitme.il, every cent ot
j *lncn has bee.) return;d 6c
is now in the -Trcafury. ,
I his advance was indilperu
fabie, and occalioned by ne
cefluy that exiftcd for im
mediately marching the
troops, to the frontier, to
quiet the fears of the people,
j and keep them from break
ing up and leaving their
l homes, and their flay at |
their rendezvous has been 1
occasioned by the difficulty
of procuring the equipments
necellary to lupply the wants
of io numerous a detachment. |
In litis relpedt however they
are- exclusively under the
j control ol the General Go !
j vermnetit, and their tnovt
ments regulated by their
order. They have now cn
j tered the encory’s country,
j and 1 trust under divine pro
vidence they will, aided by
the co-operations *>f other
detachments ordered upon
| the lame lervice, Soon sub
due the Sairhieis fava»c£.
and compel them to uncon
ditional submission. The
! Supplies of ammunition 1
which these hostile lavagci ;
i hive received from the Span- J
j ifh Governor at Pensacola, j
for the avowed purpole of
making war upon us, i 3 a
Subject, the cognizance t»f
which belongs to,the gov
ernment of the IT. Stales ;
and it is to be hoped, that
this lecret enemy will no
longer be permitted with
impunity, under his pre
tended neutrality, to put in
the hands of our enemy, the
means of deflroying us.
The quantity of ammu
nition which l have purcha
led under the provisions of I
the late Legislature has been 1
considerable. Os powder
i there has been no difficulty
in procuring the quantity
required; but is has been
mute difficult to procure a
j considerable quantity of
lead. A Efficiency has
however been obtained for
the uie or the troops now in
the field, and ms a hires ta
ken, which will ensure the j
delivery of a large quantity j
more at this place, in all the
p:cleat month.
In addition to the detach
ments now in the field, oth
er cautionary measures for |
the fifety of the frontier ]
; have been retorted to. Some i
I forts and Block-houses have j
been built, and ipics and !
scouts have been, and are at
this time kept out : And al
though we have occaflonally
had falfe reports which have
produced temporary alarm,
the lavages have not dared
to approach ourfcttlemcnts,
that they have not, has been
occalioned, I have no doubt,
! by our attitude and readi
neli to punish them ou tire
! very firlt aggression.
Our lea-hoard his also
jb:en as yet exempt from j
annoyance, by the enemy.
I lie (ait Lpgiflature palled a
j Acfolution, autiionfiiig the
j Executive to keep fix cbm
j ponies cf militia in the hjd,
one in each co.unty on the
j iea-board, but in as iuuch,
i 1 chd not perceive the ne
ceiliy tor their lervice, and
OKy vvere to be kept at be
expeftik c ti flat : , and J
that /xpenik* wo«f<l have ex- i
the* whol* amount
aporopriated fMfTmilitary
difburfementP, j** re f -aft a
three fold degree',, '/, -di
ned calling them 4 iij AV*
rcfult have juflifw °'S a
termination, and
lof the slate, and t » nd cre g it .
of the men have b^ n< * at the
lerved for occasions $ s , er % t h f „
danger It is neverthelels
my ©pinion that some pre
' cautionary measures are at
this time neceflary. The
i fbafon has arrived, and will
continue for some time,
I which in our climate, is the
most favorable for the ope
rations of a fleet j and as
little as pofilble ought to be
put to the hazard.
The plan adopted in Sa
vannah, the execution of
which is committed to a
committee of fafety, of kee
ping v igilant and active per
sons employed with taft |
re wing beats at the mouths
, of the inlets, to gtve iinme
i diatc notice upon the ap
j pcarancc of the enemy, U
thereby prevent furprif?, is
undoubtedly as good as any
that, under cxifting circnm
ftances, can bedeviled, but
that alone is inefficient.
A competent force ought to
be ready to oppose the ene
my on his full attempt to
land. The most efficient
for thi3 purpose, next to
that of river craft armed with
heavy pieces ofoidnancc, I
rclpe&fully conceive will be
Artillery. A battalion of
this defeription of force,
j organized so as to be capa
ble of rapid movements, sic
flAtioned at some conveni
ent place near the sea-coast
for the winter, would be
highly ufefui. They could
be moved to some healthy
fixation in the interior du
ring the fumaoer and fall,
or they might be permitted
to return upon furlough.
) Whilil upon this fubjtft,
j pci mil me call your alien.ion
to the prefc-m state and cjndi'
lion of our militia. They are
our gicat refoutce of defence
until the arm of the Union can
j be extended to our protefiion
|an i fwpport. Thirty year* ex i
! pcrience has taught ua that our
I prelent pun (or their inftiuehon
li* altogether inefficient; and
i now that we are in a ftatc of
war, it it time to make an ef
fort to p«otic by that experi
ence. It j* with difbdence that
1 venture t® luggeft a plan for
our improvement in this parti
cular, but (o fully am I irn*
pitfled with the neceflity for it,
that my diffidence ha 6 been o •
vercoiue by a lenfe ©f public
du y; and I have therefore j
[' r * »aied a short (ketch which is
(ue mined for your conlideia
tior* in a leperate document
accompanying this Cjmaiuni'
cation.
The (hares reserved for the
(U'e in the Stork of the plan,
teb Bank of Savannah were
Tube{.lOcd fur, and thirty thou
land d dla f> of the -mount
pod before he hrllday of Jan
uary iah, tui a twenty ihouianrt
do.iars more was paid to the
lame object before July follow,
ing; wtuch two lum* make sis
ty ier cent, of the whole «
li*.ouitt c! ;hc dock 11fer v i-sd '.<<■
! ,hf fi *", irt <i <ll <h»> .
| Di’cn c«ticd tor.
A ' f Parent firuaiion of a .,
country requiring
resources for cany,** on , h „
just and neci flary wh| ,
we ~c engaged, C 0,,., el ,
,h *! r U « '<»«<>« P»Bed an •„
12'" g ; i^ ,ax ' ,h «p'o P J
[ ■)« of Which lo G„, f j, ,
nrfft’j"! ,ho "' ,nd “' ne h“n
I s'“* ,nd lhl,, >-*.x Uoiijtn „ 4
cm,,. 'J tic *a
puhnj this lax coma„ )s a ‘
pohn.n .hauhe or P “
iher.f them, m.y pa v , heir
fpctf ive pioportinna , hf
National 1 icafury, , nd •
on doing (o, they will »« ht
tilled tea deduction t ,f (j',,."
pe. centum if p„d by , he
of February n.xi, , nd o(
per ccmum, if paid b,f„ t , lb
hrft day of May.in , he f, n .
year, and to collet! the auioun,
m any manner they m ay (h .
proper. Pcuiutreio rec.m
mend the adoption of tki, pro J
position, and the pa^ c ”
Uw to give it ttfea. The ttat,
hai at this tuna more than the a
mount in the Treasury 0 f the
Unused States, and the difficul
ty which has aitcaeiy been ex
perienced of tianspoiing l*r*c
iums, without incurring c *?,.
(idcrabie txpenfe, wifibeavoi.
ded, the aute will ga U) contd
erably by the transler, and the
United States wili have what is
of much importance, the im
mediate ufc of ibe money.
An abftrafct will be laid ba
fore you by ,he T.eafur.r,
which wiil shew in a clear and
explicit manner the preftnt flait
of our finance* j and J have
plcaiure t» ftaiing that they have
a* yet been amply fufuci-nt for
ail our want*.
A proposition has been re.
ceitc<l frem th € fUteol North
Carolina for altering the Fedcr
al ConUiiUtion in thole parts
which provide for the manner
o( ticking ropicfentativcs ii
Congress; and of appointing
electors of Piefident and Vice-
Prfcfident of th« United State*,
io that each [fate (hall by iit
LegifUttiic be divided' into a
number of diftritts equal to the
number of reprelematives and
elector* to which each ftaie atay
be entitled, and I now lutmit
it for your conlidcration,
A lilt or Executive appoint*
merits made during the reedt,
and which is subject to Legilli*
tire inteTerence is hciewiib
iubmiued.
To the documents accitnpi
nying this communication, per- I
mil me to claim your molt Icii- I
ous attention. They will more I
fully and clearly explain the I
tian*actions es the Executive I
for laft political year, than I
could pofijbiy be done by >» I
address of this kind wnhaut go-1
ingtoomoch into detail* bp- II
on examination I troft it will I
be found, that a ftritt adherence ■
to duty and an honest intent I
promuie the belt interests of tl c I
Itate, have at no time and ufi* I
tier no citcumftances been ■
parted from. Having fe rvtd l
the ft ate as its governor for f fUf I
years in fu-cccflion, wit'.\ ( jcnd- r ■
talents it is true, but. with a ■
inferior to no one’s, and c fllCl K
laming an opinion that in a g I
vemmenthke oors, a rotat-"I
in office, particularly the E* C 'l
conve, at reasonable in:e' vdJ l
ought to prevai’, I
beity to decline being conh - c, 'l
ed as a candidate *( the apP ri ' l
ching election. I am wC ■
ware that the prefem ro® alC,, ‘ I
& very uniavora&le «» c ,Ls I
change, and 1 fliould Ha vc 1 |
reluctance in making * 1
' mina ion lo withdraw, if I
cut a. me fume iime felt *■ f